Stripe vs Lemon Squeezy: which one for your SaaS?

TL;DR. Stripe gives you the deepest payments toolbox in the industry — and
makes you the merchant of record. Lemon Squeezy becomes the merchant for you,
handling sales tax and VAT in 100+ jurisdictions out of the box. For solo
founders and small teams selling internationally, Lemon Squeezy removes a real
compliance headache. For anyone with a payments engineer on staff, Stripe wins
on flexibility and integrations.

When Stripe is the right call

You want deep customisation (custom checkout flows, complex billing logic,
embedded finance via Connect or Issuing), you operate in your home market only,
or your team already has the bandwidth to handle tax compliance through
Stripe Tax. Stripe's ecosystem of integrations is unmatched and its developer
experience is the gold standard.

When Lemon Squeezy wins

You ship digital products or SaaS subscriptions, you sell globally from day
one, and tax compliance is a chore you'd rather not own. Lemon Squeezy is the
merchant of record — they invoice, collect, remit. Less control, far
fewer tax headaches.

Verdict

Bootstrapped, global, small team → Lemon Squeezy. Series A+ with a
finance team → Stripe.